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Maxwellborn, Alabama

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Jacksonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36272. It lies near Cherry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Piedmont NW quadrangle.

Maxwellborn within Calhoun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

290 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of Maxwellborn between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5,052 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 136 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Arson/incendiarism136
Debris and open burning79
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Recreation and ceremony20
Natural12
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190906-11
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism165 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionDRY CREEK FIRE
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20190903-6
29 September 2016Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160929-11
29 September 2000Natural20 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2016Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commission20160928-7

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Calhoun County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 41 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 41 workings within 5 miles of Maxwellborn: 18 unknowns, 9 prospects, 8 occurrences, 5 past producers. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Manganese, Manganese, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Frame MineClayProducer
Industrial Filler Co. MineSilicaPast ProducerQuartz
Knighton DepositIron, ManganeseProspect1953
Mammoth ProspectSulfurProspect
No NameIron, Barium-BaritePast ProducerResidual
Alabama Mineral Land Co. ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Cowan ProspectManganese, IronProspect1949
Dothard ProspectAluminum, KaolinProspect
Nesbitt Lake Manganese ProspectManganese, IronOccurrence1980
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Calhoun County

Storms near this place

3 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maxwellborn in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF1)Maxwellborn1 killed, 1 hurt, $4,000,000This tornado initially touched down in eastern Jefferson County, north northeast of Trussville and moved northeast through portions of St. Clair, Calhoun, Etowah and Cherokee Counties. The tornado then moved into Georgia, across Polk, Floyd and Bartow (See Storm Data Peachtree City) Counties. The tornado moved into Calhoun County for the second time, where it quickly tracked across the far northwestern corner of the county, west of Knightens Crossroads. As the tornado crossed US Hwy 278, several homes sustained significant roof damage, consistent with an EF1 rating and winds of 95 mph. Additional homes were damaged along the Calhoun/Cherokee County line. Significant tree damage was noted along this portion of the path. The tornado crossed into Cherokee County north of the intersection of US Hwy 278 and CR 19. One fatality occurred along this portion of the tornado path.||This tornado was produced by a supercell thunderstorm that began in Newton County Mississippi at 13:54 pm CST, and eventually dissipated in Macon County, North Carolina at approximately 21:18 pm CST. This supercell spawned several strong to violent tornadoes along its long path, which included another violent EF4 tornado that crossed portions of Tuscaloosa and western suburbs of the Birmingham.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindMaxwellborn$500Trees were downed across Possum Trot Rd and Cove Rd north of Jacksonville.
May 2009HailMaxwellborn-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Calhoun County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Kearney (historical)0.6 miles16
Zuni (historical)0.8 miles16
Couch0.9 miles16
Prices1.3 miles16
Asberry1.7 miles16
Merrellton1.8 miles18
Midway (historical)1.8 miles16
Possum Trot2.0 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122550685The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 160063. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.